Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks in 2006, is an intellect and patriot along the order of Edward Snowden. What he calls the "open-cut harvesting the knowledge of humankind", is leading toward an AI-based scientific dictatorship, or Technocracy. This is a must read article.
Eric Schmidt, chairman of Alphabet which owns Google is also a member of the elitist Trilateral Commission. This group was singularly responsible for bringing China into the modern world in the 1970s, and then building it up to be a super-power. China is extolled as a Technocracy, praising the effectiveness of its model of governance.
Apple says it is being transparent and straight up in calculating a 'trust score' on your iOS device, but you are not able to see your own score. Furthermore, it does not appear to be an optional 'feature' that users can turn on or off at will. This is a slippery slope leading to broader invasion of privacy.
The Military/Industrial Complex is full of Technocrats who believe science and technology has the answer to every problem. In many cases, the desire for anonymous killing is exacerbated by immersion into video games where avatars are blown to bits with no accountability or ethical concern for human life.
Amazon will dominate online as well as physical retail by 2025 but will force others to use its dystopian technology to compete. This system employs the most comprehensive level of surveillance imaginable, measuring eye-movement, emotions, movement within the store and everything you touch, allowing AI to build a psychological profile on every shopper.
Gamification of Trust aims to "allow the trustworthy to roam freely under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step". The system will be fully deployed to every square inch of China by 2020, just two years away. Worse, China is exporting its dystopian Technocracy to the rest of the world, including the United States.
Data mining and data fusion of disparate databases plus advanced identification technology like DNA and facial recognition, is all laser-focused on putting every citizen under the microscope for signs of dissent. Dissenters are punished and branded as enemies of the state. This same system of oppression is in its early states in America.
China is completely intolerant of any religion that does not support their Technocracy. Technocrats are self-proclaimed social engineers who view nations and people groups as herds of animals that must be managed. Even worse, they are exporting their brand of Technocracy to the rest of the world.
Pre-crime is taken to a new extreme to smoke out child abuse situations but to get there, millions of citizens will suffer privacy abuse.Many false positives will also be wrongfully abused. It this trading one kind of abuse for another? Indeed, Technocrats have created an ethical firestorm.
Elon Musk's popularity and constant appearance in headlines across America is proof that America still loves Technocrats and Technocracy. Musk's grandfather was the head of Canada's Technocracy, Inc. during the 1930s and 1940s, when north America had over 500,000 dues-paying members. The hallmark of Technocracy has always been hype and Musk has certainly mastered that art.